Across the Plains in 1844, Diary of Catherine Sager Pringle
Entry/Object ID
L1996.16.37
Description
Across the Plains in 1844. From the journal of Catherin Sager Pringle, detailing the Sager family's overland journey on the Oregon Trail, leaving Caples Landing above St. Joseph, MO on May 13, 1844 and culminating with the seven Sager being taken to the Whitman Mission in November after their parents' deaths. Catherine was a survivor of the 1847 massacre at the Whitman Mission, taken captive by the Indians and later escaped to Fort Hall.
36/Softbound
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Pamphlet
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Emigrants leaving from St. Joseph area, Trails, Oregon Trail, Whitman Mission, Whitman Massacre, Sager Children, Native American, Indian Interaction, Western Migration, Diary